rumble strip

[Dan Goncharoff]

I am not sure I understand how this question differs from Jonathan's:

And what do you call that security device that shreds your tires if you try
driving over it without push-button authorization?

The ones that shred your tires in only one direction are called
one-way, ie, one-way spike system, one-way treadle, one-way shredderr.

DanG

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Traffic spikes.
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> What about the ones that keep you from backing out of a parking
> lot/parking structure?
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